diff --git a/private/shell.te b/private/shell.te
index 5a0d39bd8970dcd4ba5d19605d535cd62ce33f18..90bed27e7443f84f2862106f720a7c8261188af8 100644
--- a/private/shell.te
+++ b/private/shell.te
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 typeattribute shell coredomain;
 
+# allow shell input injection
+allow shell uhid_device:chr_file rw_file_perms;
+
 # systrace support - allow atrace to run
 allow shell debugfs_tracing:dir r_dir_perms;
 allow shell debugfs_tracing:file r_file_perms;